Carl Barreau
Inglewood
Summary
A Dedicated Professional with 15 years of experience in manufacturing, distribution, and supply chain within industrial and systems engineering, showcasing exceptional knowledge in engineering systematic mechanisms, program allocation, strategic supplier relationship management, and overall project management
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Supply Chain Manager
Amazon
10.2024 - 07.2025
- Led supply chain initiatives to optimize inventory management processes
- Developed and implemented strategic sourcing strategies for cost reduction across a $55MM portfolio
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance logistics efficiency for several warehouses
- Analyzed market trends to inform procurement decisions and vendor selection
- Directed supplier relationship management to ensure compliance and contract adherence
- Conducted regular monthly and quarterly reviews of supplier performance metrics and negotiated contracts.
- Collaborated with vendors to ensure timely delivery of goods at competitive prices
- Provided guidance on vendor selection criteria based on price competitiveness, delivery timescales and quality of product and service offered
- Leveraged analytics tools like predictive modeling software to forecast demand fluctuations in order volume
Regional Program Manager
Amazon
01.2023 - 10.2024
- Developed training programs to enhance staff skills and operational efficiency
- Coordinated $100MM project timelines, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and objectives
- Facilitated communication between departments to improve information sharing and collaboration on various construction project sites
- Analyzed program performance data to identify trends and drive strategic decisions
- Oversaw compliance for the entire west region with company policies and industry regulations in program execution
- Facilitated the development of project plans for new programs, including budgeting, staffing and scheduling
- Established relationships with external partners to support successful implementation of regional programs
- Managed a team of 10 program managers responsible for executing regional program initiatives
Sr. Program Manager
Amazon
09.2019 - 01.2023
- Led cross-functional teams to develop strategic program plans and initiatives
- Managed project timelines, ensuring adherence to deadlines and deliverables
- Coordinated stakeholder meetings to gather requirements and align project objectives
- Facilitated risk assessment sessions to identify potential project challenges
- Implemented process improvements to enhance program efficiency and effectiveness
- Analyzed project performance data to inform decision-making and strategy adjustments
- Reviewed project progress reports, identified areas of improvement, and provided feedback as needed
Operational Industrial Engineer
Amazon Corporate
04.2016 - 09.2019
- Manage ongoing External Service Provider collaborations (business conflicts, issue resolution, project status, and adherence to budget) to report out on tracking metrics and suggest process improvements
- Contribute to audit requests and facilitate corrective action plans as needed based on the daily business standards
- Designed building layout infrastructures models to help sustain building efficiency and improve driver efficiency during dispatch
- Aggregate forecast information into a comprehensive documents that was published to senior leadership for headcount, budget and capacity planning purposes
- Lead End to End Testing projects for new building launches that enabled continuous improvement methodology for building sustainability
- Partnered with various General Managers across several buildings within southern California, Portland, Seattle and Las Vegas regions to ensure 100% workflow monitoring compliance and contingency plans for day-to-day operation
- Evaluate and explore new and existing processes, equipment’s and materials as an input to scheduling methods, performance metrics and financial standards
- Accountable for the oversight and coordination of the execution plans for the manufacturing process documentations, including process flow charts, capacity and utilization studies, time and motion studies, standard work, cycle time analysis and line balancing within our Sort Centers
- Developed and designed a robust transportation process out of two of Amazon Sort Centers in southern California which allowed faster customer delivery to China within a 3-5 delivery window compared to the previous standard of 5-9days
Outbound Area Manager
Amazon
10.2014 - 04.2016
- Lead direct reports to ensure the exchange of employee knowledge, development and advancement in understanding how to effectively execute flow management throughout the distribution center
- Managed the distribution of products, parts and inventory to ensure efficient operation and timely deliveries to meet distribution performance goals
- Monitored quality, safety and building performance within assigned areas and provided strategic improvement mechanisms and enhancements
- Partnered with other Area Managers to balance labor across departments to support overall building production goals
- Lead Kaizen teams to help improve downtime efficiency within the building pick process which led to a 75% efficiency improvement saving the site approximately 1.2 million year over year
- Accountable for consulting with site Talent and Acquisition department to identify training needs and schedule appropriate training for new and existing employees
- Collaborated with other Area Managers to ensure labor balancing across several departments to support overall building performance
Team Resource Manager
Reckitt Benckiser
02.2014 - 10.2014
- Supervised the Quality Control functions/activities of a project or its parts including the Quality Control inspection schedules and the collection of Quality records
- Accountable for Materials Management as related to raw material inventory control issues
- Monitored the timeliness of machine set-ups, validations and material delivery
- Ensured that Weight and Dispense Metrics from the sites material handling equipment’s were collected and forwarded for input into the Weekly and Daily Production Reports
- Assisted in forecasting to plan future orders needed for raw material for production of Lysol and Airwick products
Environmental Health & Safety Engineer
Reckitt Benckiser
04.2013 - 02.2014
- Created various Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) standard operating procedures for the facility
- Conducted various Environmental Health & Safety training to new and current employees to ensure safety and OSHA compliance
- Assisted in creating a plan for the companies vision in becoming zero-landfill by the end of 2014
- Participated in the design, development, implementation and enhancement of our EHS management system
- Partnered with the Plant Manager and Management Team to ensure ongoing effectiveness of Safety Champion, Observation and Recognition programs
Purchasing Analyst
Reckitt Benckiser
05.2012 - 04.2013
- Created cost models and should cost models to analyze data to identify problematic areas and suggest improvements
- Assisted in e-sourcing auctions events for various commodities
- Analyzed supplier manufacturing production process flow to ensure efficiency compliance
- Assisted in various RFQ, RFP, and RFI process projects
- Tracked KPIs and report on the business supply chain performance metrics
Industrial Engineer II
Air Cruisers
04.2010 - 05.2012
- Lean Champion for Rafts product support line for thermobonded and cemented products
- Assisted in 5S+1 objectives for departmental visions structure for material handling equipment’s
- Supported development of aviation life-raft 777 for production by creating process maps
- Designed warehouse flow layout for inbound and outbound of products flowing in our warehouse
Education
B.S. - Industrial and Systems Engineering, Supply Chain Management
Rutgers University- School of Engineering
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Contract negotiation
- Data analysis
- Project coordination
- Lean manufacturing principles
- Global sourcing
- Warehouse management
- Staff management
- Inventory management
Timeline
Sr. Supply Chain Manager
Amazon
10.2024 - 07.2025
Regional Program Manager
Amazon
01.2023 - 10.2024
Sr. Program Manager
Amazon
09.2019 - 01.2023
Operational Industrial Engineer
Amazon Corporate
04.2016 - 09.2019
Outbound Area Manager
Amazon
10.2014 - 04.2016
Team Resource Manager
Reckitt Benckiser
02.2014 - 10.2014
Environmental Health & Safety Engineer
Reckitt Benckiser
04.2013 - 02.2014
Purchasing Analyst
Reckitt Benckiser
05.2012 - 04.2013
Industrial Engineer II
Air Cruisers
04.2010 - 05.2012
B.S. - Industrial and Systems Engineering, Supply Chain Management
Rutgers University- School of Engineering
References
Letter of Recommendations/References available upon request.